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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
14
Long Beach Domestic Relations Court commissioner Rolland Truman 56 presides over about 5,000 cases a year with a focus on divorces. A former South Gate and Long Beach attorney, he values stable partners and shared values, and he shares lines about caseloads, reasons for divorce, and his own hobbies and community work.
Jack Gorman, 69, superintendent for Crescent Wharf and Warehouse Co. of Wilmington, died aboard the freighter Tai Hsing at Berth 188 Wilmington from an apparent heart attack during a meeting. He lived at 816 Cedar Ave. and was pronounced dead by a Los Angeles Fire Department unit. Display Family Mortuary of Long Beach handles arrangements. no service date set. Survived by wife Caroline, daughter Mrs. Georgia Clement, and a granddaughter.
Superior Court Judge John McCarthy denied motions to suppress evidence including a notebook in the forthcoming trial of burglary suspect Ace Terry Carter. The notebook seized during a Nov 12 1967 home search has featured in eight rulings, with the latest upholding its lawful seizure in hot pursuit. Deputy District Attorney George Trammell III says the notebook lists past burglary victims. defense attorney Richard Sherman contests the hot pursuit justification.
Captain Merlin J. Schwitters, chief of staff of Cruiser-Destroyer Group Long Beach, received a Vietnamese Navy Gallantry Medal with gold anchor at Long Beach Navy Base. The award, presented by Rear Admiral Rudden, honors his actions as Destroyer Division 32 commander in Vietnam. He previously earned the Bronze Star for on-scene command during the Forrestal fire in July 1967.
Five ships of Destroyer Squadron 29 will return to their Long Beach Navy Base home port about 8:45 a.m. today after six months in Pacific waters off Vietnam. Returning to Pier 15 are the destroyer escort USS Ramsay and the destroyers USS McKean USS Benner USS Eversole and USS Cunningham. About 300 men are assigned to each ship.
Camden Riley Horrell longtime Lyon Van and Storage executive and Long Beach civic booster died Tuesday in Los Altos Hospital after an illness. He led the firm for 45 years, served as Chamber of Commerce president, and was active with the Board of Realtors. Born in Missouri, he moved to California in 1904 and to Long Beach in 1929, survived by his wife Jessie, son Jack, stepson Donald Barnard, and several brothers.
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